Russian Forces, Rumanian Front, 12 December 1916

Russian Forces Rumanian Front 12 December 1916

Front formed 12 December 1916, after defeat of the Rumanian army by German and Austrian-Hungarian Armies.

Commander-in-chief (nominally) - Ferdinand I, King of Rumania

Adviser to Commander-in-chief - General of Cavalry (Russian) V. V. Sakharov (real Commander-in-chief by front).

In front composition entered the following Russian armies:

9th Army: General of Infantry P.Lechitskiy 26th Army Corps: Lieutenant General Miller 53rd "Moscow" Infantry Division 209th Bogorod Infantry Regiment 210th Bronitz Infantry Regiment 211th Nikolsk Infantry Regiment 212th Romanov Infantry Regiment 56th "Smolensk" Infantry Division 221st Roslav Infantry Regiment 222nd Krasnan Infantry Regiment 223rd Odoev Infantry Regiment 224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment 3rd Cavalry Corps: Lieutenant General Count F.Heller 10th Cavalry Division 10th Novgorod Dragoon Regiment 10th Odessa Uhlan Regiment 10th Ingria Hussar Regiment 1st Orenburg Cossack Regiment 1st Zamosc Don Cossack Division 9th Don Cossack Regiment 10th Don Cossack Regiment 13th Don Cossack Regiment 15th Don Cossack Regiment 1st Terek Cossack Division 2nd Gors-Mozdok Cossack Regiment 2nd Sunzhen-Vladikavkaz Cossack Regiment 2nd Volga Cossack Regiment 2nd Kizlyar-Greben Cossack Regiment 2nd Army Corps: General of Infantry V.Flug 26th "Grodno" Infantry Division 101st Perm Infantry Regiment 102nd Viatsk Infantry Regiment 103rd Petrozavod Infantry Regiment 104th Ustchung Infantry Regiment 43rd "Vilna" Infantry Division 169th Novo Troitsk Infantry Regiment 170th Molodetchensk Infantry Regiment 171st Kabrinsk Infantry Regiment 172nd Lidsk Infantry Regiment 3rd Turkestani Rifle Division 9th Turkestani Infantry Regiment

1 10th Turkestani Infantry Regiment 11th Turkestani Infantry Regiment 12th Turkestani Infantry Regiment 36th Army Corps: Lieutenant General N.N. Korotkevich organization unknown 24th Army Corps: Major General Nekraosv 48th "Samara" Infantry Division 189th Ismail Infantry Regiment 190th Ochakov Infantry Regiment 191st Largo-Kagul Infantry Regiment 192nd Rymnik Infantry Regiment 49th "Perm" Infantry Division 193rd Sviash Infantry Regiment 194th troitzk-Sergiev Infantry Regiment 195th Orovais Infantry Regiment 196th Insarsk Infantry Regiment 40th Army Corps: General of Infantry G.Berkhman 4th "Odessa" Rifle Division 13th Rifle Regiment 14th Rifle Regiment 15th Rifle Regiment 16th Rifle Regiment 6th Rifle Division 21st Rifle Regiment 22nd Rifle Regiment 24rd Rifle Regiment 24th Rifle Regiment 6th Army: General of Cavalry Tsurikov 4th Army Corps: General of Artillery . Kh. Sultan Girej Aliev 30th "Minsk" Infantry Division 117th Yaroslav Infantry Regiment 118th Shiisk Infantry Regiment 119th Kolomon Infantry Regiment 120th Serpukhov Infantry Regiment 40th "Bobruisk" Infantry Division 157th Imeretin Infantry Regiment 158th Kutais Infantry Regiment 159th Guria Infantry Regiment 160th Abkhazia Infantry Regiment 5th Rifle Brigade organization unknown 47th Army Corps: unknown 61st "Nizhni" Infantry Division 241st Siedlec Infantry Regiment 242nd Lukov Infantry Regiment 243rd Cholm Infantry Regiment 244th Krasnostaw Infantry Regiment 1st Serbian Volunteer Division 1st Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Regiment 4th Siberian Army Corps: General of Infantry L. Sirelius organization unknown

2 6th Cavalry Corps: Lieutenant General Pavlov organization unknown 1st Rumanian Army: Division General P. Kristesko 3rd Army Corps: organization unknown 5th Army Corps: organization unknown 6th Army Corps: organization unknown

2nd Rumanian Army: Marshal Averesku Rymnick Group: 1st Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division 6th Infantry Division 12th Infantry Division Vranch Group: 7th Infantry Division 7th Summary Infantry Brigade Oituz Group: 15th Infantry Division

Approximate total of all forces on Rumanian front on this period: 500 000 men.

Source: Zalesskiy, First World War. Biographic Encyclopediac-Dictionary. Moscow: 2000. pages 202-203.